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Quick guides







Create a web service client on Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)



Information
none

Operating system used
Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1

Software prerequisites
Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)

Procedure
  1. Start Eclipse and select Java EE perspective.

  2. Select menu: File | New | Other.
    Expand "Web Services", select "Web Service Client" and press Next button.

    Select Web Service Client

  3. In this tutorial the Countries web service will be used, see: Information about the Countries web service.

    Enter the Service definition (= WSDL URL):
    https://www.mobilefish.com/services/web_service/countries.php?wsdl

    Move the slider to set the level of client generation. In this example it is set to "Test client".

    Enable checkbox "Monitor the Web service" and press the Next button.

    Client generation

  4. Select the output folder and press the Next button.

    Select output folder

  5. Press Finish button.

    Client test

  6. The web service client code is generated.

    Generated code

  7. Click a method (and if required enter an input value) and press the Invoke button.

    Enter WSDL URL

  8. Double click TCP/IP Monitor to see the SOAP message request and response.

    Soap message request and response